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I I BED BOTTOM. No. 257,953. Patented May'16, 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFF C VVLADYSLAW T. KOSINSKI, Oh BROOKLYN, NEWYORK.

BED-BOTTOM.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 257,953, dated May 16,1882,

Application filed October 19, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I,WLADYSLAWT. KOSINSKI,

ofBrooklyn, Kings county, State of New York, haveinvented certain newand useful Improvements in Bed-Bottoms;-and 1 do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exacttdescription thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, making part of this specification. 4

The nature of my invention consists in th construction and arrangementof the bed-bottoms, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

Figure l is a longitudinal section on lineww. Fig. ,2 is a plan or topview. Figs. 3, 4, and5 show the various forms of tubes.

A represents the posts of the bedstead, B the side, and B the end rails.The bed-bottom rests on the cleats on either the end or side rails. Theframe has on either of the opposite sides a series of tubes, 0,connected thereto. Within said tubes I insert the ends of rattan E,previously cut to the required length. The rattan must be of a thicknessto permit play-within the tubes. It is supported throughout its lengthat intervals by spiral springs 1), thelower ends of which rest ontheusual slats, and the upper ends are secured by soldering or otherwise totubes 0, of same dimensions as used on the sides of thcframe. The rattanis inserted or passed through said tubes also; The tubes connected tothe side of the bed-bottom frame are open throughout, in order toprevent obstruction to the expansion of the rattan.

The tubes may be split, in order to facilitate the play of the rattanwithin them.

The ends of the rattan may be incased in leather or any other suitablematerial.

Bed-bottoms have heretofore been constructed with covers of wire or someother fibrous cloth; but this I find objectionable on account of beingtoo rigid and liable to get out of repair by corrosion of the fasteningsin securing the cloth to the bed-bottom frame.

My rattan bed-bottom may be used with any existing spring-bed. Theadvantages in my construction are the smooth surface it presents. It iseasily taken apart for cleaning by the withdrawal of the rattan from thetubes, and on account of the light weight it can be removed from andreplaced on the bed-lrame by one person, while two are required to do itwith existing bed-bottoms.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A bed-bottom constructed ofrattan,substantially as described.

2. The bed-bottom composed of a frame carrying on its upper part and onopposite sides of the rails tubes formed either solid or in skeletonform, as shown in Figs. 3, 4, and 5, and two or more similar tubesdistributed symmetrically throughout the length or width of thebed-bottom, all said tubes being supported by spiral springs resting onslats and having rattan passed through them, in the manner shown anddescribed.

W. T. KOSINSKI.

Witnesses:

L. 1. UN EAL, i A. B. ORUPPER.

